The Honorable Raul H. Castro (’49)
received the University of Arizona Alumni Association’s
Professional Achievement Award for outstanding achievement
in law and his many years of service to the people of Arizona.
Included in The Phoenix Business Journal’s “Best of the
Bar” were numerous alumni, including: John R. Christian (’59)
and Terry Roman (’82) for corporate law; Thomas
L. Hudson (’92) and Ed Hendricks (’69)
for litigation; Ernest Calderon (’82) for labor law; Steven
N. Berger (’84) for bankruptcy; and Brett L. Dunkelman (’80)
for intellectual property and technology law.
George Rountree III (’60) recently received
one of the highest professional honors in North Carolina with
his selection to the Lawyers Hall of Fame.
 Citing
his business success and philanthropic work in higher education,
the Nevada Business Hall of Fame recently inducted James
E. Rogers (’62) into its ranks.
Robert C. Swan (’72) is Senior Vice
President and General Counsel of International Capital Partners,
an international real estate investment company headquartered
in Scottsdale.
Family and friends of the late James Himelic (’73) established
the Himelic Fund for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) in his memory and have
raised more than $250,000 to fund research.
They invite all alumni and friends to participate in a golf tournament and
dinner on May 21st, 2004. Information is available at www.jimhimelic
foundation.org .
Cochise County’s Outstanding Pro Bono Attorney for summer 2003 was Paul
A. Smith (’83).
The San Diego North County Bar Association recently installed Russell
Kohn (’84) as its President for 2004.
James P. Angiulo (’85) serves as the
Justice of the Peace in Pima County Justice Precinct #1.
Brenda Moody Whinery (’85) is now a shareholder
in the firm of Mesch, Clark & Rothschild.
The Pima County Bar Association recognized James A. Whitehill (’85)
as the Pro Bono Attorney of the Month in November 2003.
Governor Napolitano has appointed Christina Urias (‘88)
to be the Director of the Arizona Department of Insurance.
 Karl
H. Widell (’01) has relocated from Boston to join the Phoenix
office of Brown & Bain, PA.
Wendy Gerlach Briggs (’91), of Steptoe & Johnson,
LLP, was named in bizAZ’s list of “Legal Up-and-Comers.”
Members of the New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association recently elected Phillip
G. Sapien (’91) as their President for 2003-04.
Michael B. O’Leary (’92) serves as the Deputy Chief for
Intellectual Property, Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section, United
States Department of Justice.
Andrew N. Kohn (’93) and his wife live in San Diego
where he practices law. They have two children; son Mason, age 3, and Mia
Angeline, almost 2.
Rusing & Lopez, PLLC has named Oscar S. Lizardi (’95)
a member/owner in the firm.
LCA Board Member Brad Vynalek (’99), of
Quarles & Brady Streich Lang, was listed in bizAZ’s list of “Legal
Up-and-Comers” in Arizona.
Gabriel S. Galanda (’00) published a guest opinion
in the National Law Journal in November, 2003 on the topic of Indian law
and bar exams.
A staff attorney for the Volunteer Attorneys for Rural Nevada Victims Assistance
Project, Suzanne Garcia (’00) is also a Justice for
the Inter-Tribal Court of Appeals, administered by the Tribal Council of Nevada.
 Josh
M. Reid (’00) has joined the firm of Parsons Behle Latimer in
Salt Lake City, where he will specialize in environmental and natural resources
law.
The Health Law Section of the American Bar Association recently awarded Roberta
Parrish (’03) first prize in their annual national writing contest.
Two recent graduates have joined Phoenix’s Osborn Maledon. They are Kevin
A. Pollak (’03) and Ronda R. Woinowsky (‘02).
LCA Immediate Past President Mark I. Harrison has joined Osborn
Maledon in Phoenix.
Snell & Wilmer’s David Rauch (’99) also a
member of the LCA Board (’99) was listed in bizAZ’s legal “Up-and-Comers.”
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By Lea Standridge, Class of ’99 Secretary
Gary and Michele (Alsentzer) Thompson are married and
expecting their first child in August. Michele continues her practice in
Tucson with Shugart, Thomson & Kilroy, PC (formerly Goodwin, Raup)
Jody Campbell Corbett and Jim Corbett
welcomed their son James Davis (“J.D.”) in
January, 2003. He just celebrated his first birthday
and is walking everywhere he goes.
Blythe (Henry) Edmondson continues to
have her own real estate and estate planning office in
Tucson. Blythe and husband Marco stay busy with their
first child, Victoria Anne, born on May 13, 2003.
Megan (Hughes) and Matt Fischer are
married, living in Phoenix, and have a four-month old
son named Paul. Matt continues to develop his commercial
litigation practice with Snell & Wilmer, and Mega
handles product liability defense matters with Bowman & Brooke.
Hyuki “Huck” Kwon and his
wife welcomed their second child, Vincent, on December
4, 2002. The family, including daughter Sue Min, will
be moving from Houston back to Arizona, where Huck has
accepted a position with Target Corporation.
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By Ash Sawkar, Class of ’00 Secretary
Does it surprise anyone that Jonathan Schmitt and his
wife, Alexis, are doing well? Of course not. Jon, the consummate planner,
is enjoying his work with Akin Gump. Even more so, Jon enjoys his free
time with his sons, David, Tyler, and a “player to be named in late
January 2004.” Jon expects to be in Houston for another 2-3 years
before the family heads back to Arizona. And just when the Houston Texans
were getting good . . .
There’s nothing foolish about Josh and Jodi Moya’s April
1, 2004, due date
for Jacob Franklin Moya. Both prosecutors will surely get their number
one suspect to confess his goo goo’s and gaa gaa’s to them.
Right Here, Right Nau – Maya Nau has surely set
the pace in her life. After
landing an in-house job with a drug discovery/biotech firm in Northern
California, Maya got married in February 2003. She is expecting her first
child in June 2004.
She would love to hear from her old Tucson friends at guylon@hotmail.com.
Rebecca Baker, the next Linda Fairstein, has thoroughly
enjoyed her last three years with the Sex Crimes Bureau of the Maricopa
County Attorney’s Office.
Becca Smith practices civil defense
litigation at Jones, Skelton, & Hochuli in Phoenix.
When she’s not busy at the office, she engages
in various penalties and unsportsmanlike conduct so senior
partner (and NFL referee) Ed Hochuli can practice for
his second job. Congrats to Becca on her recent marriage
and move to the “hip metropolitan area” of
Cave Creek. Isn’t that where the Jeffersons moved
to once they made it big?
Mind your P’s and Q’s – Denise Quinterri has
moved from Quarles & Brady to
the Arizona State Bar discipline section. As Denise puts it, its afforded
a better “quality of life” since her “daughter is a teenager
now and actually needs more attention.”
Matt and Brooke Blecher are living like
rock stars in Silicon Valley, California. When they are
not on tour, the duo enjoy their new life as a power
trio with little Ella, born on the Fall of 2003. Matt
is focusing on patent prosecution while Brooke returns
to work in January 2004, focusing on family law.
JC in the House! . . . and Senate – JC Sandberg remains
a stalwart, working on a Senate committee that is reauthorizing the Nation’s
surface transportation laws. Who else would you want to spend $255 million
of your money? Although he would love to return to Southern California
some day, JC enjoys writing poems about his work, and finding words that
rhyme with “fillibuster.”
Tom Bouman continues to work for Daniel
H. O’Connell, PC, a tax and
estate planning firm for “very high net worth clients.” Tom’s
work website is: www.tombouman.com. Since
law school, he met and married Priscilla in December 2001, and they were
joined by the birth of Jenna in December 2003. Jenna can be seen at: www.jennabouman.com.
At the time of this printing, Tom could neither confirm nor deny if Priscilla
had a website, too. Priscilla could not be reached for comment.
Yours truly, Ash Sawkar, is enjoying kicking down doors
and wearing his trademark Special Agent’s blue windbreaker to work
at the FBI, in Long Beach, California. When I’m not sitting at a
computer writing affidavits for unruly federal prosecutors, I’m at
home singing show tunes to the belly of my pregnant wife, Lisa. Keep in
touch and encourage others to send in their updates to ashsawkar2000@hotmail.com.
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By Lindsay Jones
So, do you still have your FACE BOOK? You might want to get it out and
settle in with a beverage of choice for some good reading . . . The last
three years have seen much change for members of the Law College’s
2001 class, marriages, babies, new jobs, honors and awards . . . No one
can say we haven’t been busy.
The Messmers were honored in 2003 year for their work
for the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation and they have been traveling the
country sharing their knowledge and experiences . . . Scott McMillian recently
married another UA law grad, Shawn Steinberg (‘00).
Scott is working at Green & Baker in Scottsdale with Lindsay
Franke who became Lindsay Edmonson on November
29th when she married England native Gareth Edmonson in Mesa, Arizona
Jay and Bhakti Patel are back in Arizona. Jay just passed
the Arizona Bar but is working mostly in real estate development. He and
Bhakti are the proud new parents of a beautiful little girl named Ishika
. . . Amy and Seth Ruskin have also welcomed a baby girl
into the world. She is named Sidney. Needless to say, neither Jay nor Amy
is getting much sleep . . . Philip Muelleris still in
the JAG corp. He and wife Cindy live in Gulf Breeze, Florida . . . James
Eggart finally married the love of his life, Carly. They were
married in Brea, California this past August after she graduated from law
school. He’s still Eggart, she’s still Carly Croskrey. James
is working construction law with a firm called Smith & Smith in Santa
Ana . . . Pat Moreno keeps herself very busy practicing
general litigation for a firm in Sierra Vista . . . Mary Teer currently
works for the National Labor Relations Board in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Stewart Manley is still with Jennings Strouss & Salmon’s
Corporate Department and spends his free time traveling the world. Most
recently, Stewart has visited Brazil, Ecuador,
and this in addition to regular visits to his home in Hawaii . . . Ali
McGregoris at the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and
recently deftly handled her first jury trial . . . After two years in the
Attorney General’s honors program, Michael Slauson is
in the Criminal Division of the Oregon Attorney General’s office.
He is one of the youngest attorneys ever to be asked to work in that division
and really enjoys it. His job may sound impressive, but that is nothing
compared with his dancing skills, which he showcased at Lindsay (Franke)
Edmonson’s wedding . . . who knew? The crowd went wild.
Dena Neese works in the area of immigration law and has
recently begun working at Littler, Mendelson, Bacon & Dear. In her
spare time she has become quite a hiker. Most recently, she hiked over
23 miles from the North to the South rim of the Grand Canyon in one day!
. . . Peter Culp practices environmental law at Squire
Sanders & Dempsey. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the
Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute. Peter and Dena both participated in
a pro bono project drafting habeas corpus petitions for immigrants wrongly
accused . . . Melissa Berren is at Gallagher & Kennedy
in Phoenix. In the years since law school, she has authored many articles
including one entitled, “30 Days of R&R: U.S.-Canada Rail Pass
Appeals to Vacationing Law Graduates”, Arizona Republic, May 5, 2002.
Most recently you may have seen her on TV working on the highly publicized
Bishop O’Brien trial . . . Christine Thompson is
Director of Government Relations for the State Bar of Arizona and was recently
chosen by the Arizona Republic as one of Arizona’s “30 under
30.”
Heidi Gilbert loves her job at the City of Phoenix and
she is keeping us all safe. Shannon O’Loughlin has
recently accepted a position at the law firm Squire, Sanders & Dempsey
in Phoeinx – and has just gotten engaged . . . Jonelle Vold is
now working for Lexis-Nexis! I know
I for one am excited to have someone wonderful to explain the depths of
research to us! (Jonelle, can you get us free hours???)
Amy Wilkins left Kirkland & Ellis in Los Angeles for
the employment law group of Steptoe & Johnson in Phoenix and has been
busy visiting Tokyo and house-hunting in Phoenix . . . Tom Moring left
Morrison & Hecker to join Whitten Berry in Phoenix and Rebecca
Covell left Jennings, Strouss & Salmon for Schmitt Schneck
Smyth & Herrod PC where she has been for about a year
Donna Parks is leaving Lewis & Roca to clerk for Federal
District Court Judge James Teilborg . . . Finally, I am still at Jennings,
Strouss & Salmon practicing Special Education and Employment law. I
serve on the Encanto Village Planning Committee, Heard Advisory Council
and Chair the Modest Means Program for the State Bar YLD. Craig
LaChance, who displayed some dance moves of his own at Franke’s
wedding, is still putting up with me and enjoying his work at the commercial
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By Peter Ghishan, Class of ’02 Secretary
“After clerking for Chief Justice Jones of the Arizona Supreme Court for
a year,” Ronda Woinowksy writes, “I hopped in my
car and saw the country. I drove through the Midwest, on to the Northeast, and
finally through the South. After a month and a half, I grew weary of the road
and all the eating out so I cut the trip short and headed back to Phoenix. I’m
currently working at Osborn Maledon.”
Adam Weisman is an associate at Hinderaker & Rauh
in Tucson, specializing in real estate related litigation.
Adam and his wife, Rebecca Taylor, are the co-founders
of www.velolasource.com,
a Tour de France holiday for cycling enthusiasts. They
are expecting their first child in June.
Stacy Butler seems to be settling in,
and writes: “After a year clerking for Judge Canby
on the 9th Circuit, undoubtedly the best judge to work
for, while living in Phoenix, undoubtedly the worst city
to live in, I am happy to be back in Tucson. I am really
enjoying my new job at DeConcini, McDonald, Yetwin and
Lacy – especially the two-minute commute to work
from our new (old) house in the Broadmoor neighborhood.”
Finally . . . Chris Bortz provides this edited account
of life since law school. “I moved to southern Ohio to start an Ostrich
farm. Tastes like chicken and those monster eggs really make a mean omelet. “ He
concludes with “peace and love to all my old law school chaps. Look
me up if you come out this way and I’ll treat you to an Ostrich burger.”
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By Kate Gottfredson, Class of ’03 Secretary
After spending last summer navigating the New York City subway system, Melissa
Meister is clerking for Judge Camby in the Ninth Circuit Court
of Appeals.
While many of us decided to make Arizona our post-graduation home, a small
contingent of 2003 grads, including Janet Gilger, Allison Taylor,
Marilyn Izzi, Neil Chabra and Tina Milburn,
are busy exploring the legal world of Northern California’s Bay Area.
Ted Baker practices patent law with
Klarquist Sparkman in Portland, Oregon and says he’s
on the lookout for an old house to renovate.
Damon Circosta and Amy Dutton are
keeping it real in SoCal (Damon’s language, not
mine). If you ever want to hit the waves, Damon is always
willing to give a lesson: he has even joined a “surfing
lawyers” club!
In more personal news, Rebecca Papoff became Mrs. Rebecca
Goldberg when she married Adam Goldberg in a beautiful ceremony in Phoenix
last October.
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In order to engage its newest alumni with
the College, the Law College Association has established a Recent
Graduate Committee. Various subcommittees will work on outreach
to recent grads, social events and professional development programming.
A member of each class from 1999 through 2003 serves as a Class Secretary, compiling
alumni news for the newsletter and other publications.
 The Arizona Supreme Court sat
in session at the College on November 6th, hearing arguments
in two cases. The annual visit is part of the Court’s effort to increase
public understanding of the Court’s work.
The spring 2004 volumes of Pre-Law Insider and National
Jurist magazine rank the Rogers College of Law third among
public law schools nationwide in the annual “best value” roundup.
Tuition, bar pass rates, grants, and the availability of clinical courses
were factors in naming the College an “excellent value.”
The 100-plus members of the College’s Board of
Visitors conducted
their annual visit to the College in January and, under the leadership of co-chairs Sally
Simmons (‘73) and Ted Schmidt (‘77),
began a strategic planning process for the Board.
 The American College of Trial Lawyers presented the prestigious Emil Gumpert
Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy Training to the Rogers College of
Law on January 23rd. Its local chapter, the Arizona College of Trial Lawyers,
hosted a reception at the Arizona Inn honoring Professor
Thomas A. Mauet and the College for his success in directing the nation’s top trial
advocacy program.
Noted New York Times columnist David Brooks delivered the
24th McCormick lecture in October to a standing-room-only crowd. The lecture
is available via streaming video at: www.law.arizona.edu/AudioVideo/lectures1.htm.
 Professors
Robert Glennon, Lynn Marcus and Ana
Maria Merico-Stephens addressed distinguished jurists,
including Justice O’Connor, Chief Judge Schroeder,
and Chief Judge McNamee at the 2004 District Court Conference
in Phoenix on February 7th. The conference is organized annually
by Lawyer Representatives to the Ninth Judicial Circuit Conference,
which Professor Stephens co-chairs. Photo (right) courtesy of
the Office of the Circuit Executive, Ninth Circuit Court
of Appeals.
The firm of Quarles & Brady Streich Lang
co-sponsored, with the College of Law, two intellectual property
events for practitioners, scholars and students. Professor Rochelle
Cooper Dreyfuss, a patent law expert from New York University,
spoke to more than 100 attendees at a Tucson workshop on the
experimental use defense, followed by a panel discussion. At
a March 10th breakfast in Phoenix, University of Minnesota Law
Professor Dan Burk discussed issues involving biotech patent
rules and guidelines.
United States Senator Jon Kyl (’66) launched
a new lecture series, “Arizona Law Graduates Shaping National
Law and Policy” on February 16th. C-SPAN carried the
lecture. The student chapter of the Federalist Society sponsored
a reception following the event.
More than 200 students and supporters attended the Student
Bar Association’s
2004 Barrister Ball on February 27th, raising more than $400 for Youth
on Their Own, a local nonprofit.
 The New Republic Legal Affairs Editor, and noted author Jeffrey Rosen delivered
the 24th Annual Marks lecture, “The Unwanted Gaze: The Destruction of Privacy
in America,” on March 4th. It can be viewed at: www.law.arizona.edu/AudioVideo/lectures1.htm.
The Arizona Law Review recently ranked 28th
among all U.S. law schools in “Most Cited Legal Periodicals
1996-2003.”
Law Professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin and Professor
Roger Hartley, School
of Public Policy at the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Business
and Public Administration, along with students from both colleges, collaborated
to produce and nationally distribute a report on Jim Crow Laws still on the
books in eight Southern states. The report is available at www.law.arizona.edu/jimcrow .
On Sunday, November 2nd, more than 90 runners and walkers participated
in Phi
Alpha Delta’s first “Race Judicata,” netting almost
$2,000. for the Susan S. Barber Memorial Scholarship Fund. The group plans
to make the run an annual event.
 Professor Barbara Atwood will be honored at an April presentation
with the University’s Graduate Teacher-Mentor Award. She is one of
only two recipients campus-wide and, in addition, was recently honored with
the College’s Art Andrews Teacher-Mentor Award.
The Mock Trial Team claimed third-place honors at the Student
Trial Advocacy Competition, winning rounds against ASU, Georgia State and the University of
Idaho. Members of the team are: Charles Babbitt, Elizabeth Hall, Missy McGary,
Alyse Meislik, Megan Nielsen, Lisa Schriner-Lewis, Carol Shegog and Dawn Wyland.
 United
States Supreme Court William H. Rehnquist returned
in February to teach “The Supreme Court in the History
of the United States.” More than 100
students enrolled in the course, the eleventh time Chief
Justice Rehnquist has instructed here.
The College commemorated the upcoming 50th anniversary of the
United States Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education with
two public panel discussions on its implications. The first,
a panel presentation moderated by Professor Barbara Atwood,
was held on February 18th and featured panelists involved
in local desegregation litigation. The second, also in February,
dealt with affirmative action in higher education. Panelists
from the law faculty and administration included Professors
Gabriel “Jack” Chin and Ana Maria
Merico-Stephens, and Assistant Dean of Admissions Terry S. Holpert. Information
about Brown commemorations, at the College is available at: www.law.arizona.edu/brownat50
Rogers College graduates led the state in bar
exam passage by a wide margin for the July 2003 exam. A full
96% of UA JD graduates passed the exam on their first attempt
compared to 78% statewide.
Five law students won cash prizes in the Richard Grand Legal Writing
Competition this spring. They are: Bradley Pack, Mark Hummels, Mike
Fleishman, Amy Wallace-Havens and Erin Borg.
Reunion organizing for the classes of ’54, ’59, ’64, ’74, ’79, ’84
and ’94 is currently underway. Contact Donna Ream
at 626-2400 or via email at ream@law.arizona.edu for
details on these events.
Professors Graeme Austin and Jane Korn have
received the 2004 Bell Award for faculty service. Professor Korn
has chaired the Curriculum committee and been involved with many
campus committees and projects. Professor Austin has chaired
the Enrichment Committee and the Self-Study Committee.
Dean Toni Massaro presented a “State of
the College” address in Phoenix on March 10th for
Valley of the Sun alumni and supporters.
 The American Bar Association’s Section on International
Law and Practice selected Professor Boris Kozolchyk, Evo DeConcini Professor
of Law and Director of the National Law Center for InterAmerican Free Trade,
to receive the Leonard J. Theberge Award for Private International Law. The award
will be presented in April in New York City at a conference for international
lawyers.
Students Roopali Desai, Lars Brauer, Marvin Ruth and Cyrus
Khosh-Chashm represented the College at the Phillip
C. Jessup International Moot Court Southwest Regional Competition.
Former Arizona Supreme Court Justice Thomas A. Zlaket will
join the adjunct faculty in September in conjunction with the
Thomas A. Zlaket Professionalism in Teaching Endowment established
by colleagues in his honor. The endowment seeks to enhance student
understanding of the professionalism in practice settings.
Professor Carol M. Rose, of Yale Law School
will join the faculty in August as the 2004-05 Distinguished
Visiting Lohse Chair. She is among the nation’s leading
scholars in environmental law.
Renovation work on Rogers Rountree Hall continues,
with completion slated for May 2004. A virtual tour of construction
in progress is at www.law.arizona.edu/frontpage/rrbuilding/index.htm .
The Rogers College of Law Community notes with regret the deaths
of these alumni and expresses our heartfelt sympathy to their
loved ones.
MARK E. CURRY
Class of 1986
THOMAS W. DUFNER
Class of 1989
GUY C. FIMBRES
Class of 1994
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